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Would anyone object?

Sun Mar 29, 2009, 6:34 AM
Hi all,

So,

I have been thinking about changing part of my Melanorosaurus painting. On the left of the picture is a rock face. In terms of the way it's painted it's one of my favourite parts of the image. But I think It ruins it compositionally. It looks a bit unnatural, and it follows the line of the malanorosaurus neck, which looks funny. So would anyone object if I changed that part of the image?

The reason I ask is because I don't want to upload a new version of the image. I'd rather just upload over the original, so it might be...unfair to those who faved it in its original state. If I do this I'll add a link to the original in the description so it won't be completely lost.


Below is what I have in mind. Please note it's just something I quickly knocked together using the clone tool, it won't look exactly like this.

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The only problem I have with this is the new space. Do I just leave it bare? I was thinking of adding a little Eocursor-type dino in there. It would be small so not too distracting. Thoughts?

I'll post the final version here before I replace the original so you can have your say.

Cheers,

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:iconkustom65:
Nice work!

Check out my T.rex and other prehistoric pix if you like:

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:iconsteveoc86:
Thank you,

Interesting work, Detailed, yet stylised. The T.rex and triceratops have a kind of 'old fashioned' feel to them like eariler dinosaur paintings.
:iconkustom65:
Thanks for that. I'm trying to be consciously different from the prevailing Greg Paul look -- as much as I admire that movement, I'm trying for my own approach; which although expressionistic is still reasonably anatomically viable. My dino forms are based on modern skeletal reconstructions. So no tail dragging! Not that we can actually see their tails in this scene.
:iconvitalcreations:
Hey great stuff! Thanks for the watch, as well. The way your dinosaurs interact with the backgrounds really works well; all too often the animals look pasted into an environment. Great stuff!
:iconcommander-salamander:
Jeepers! I don't know how the angry thingie got there!

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"The Arctic is no respecter of fashion, Vince."
Howard Moon

'Dear Jack,
LOOK BEHIND YOU.
Love :heart: Aku'
:iconcommander-salamander:
Fabulous gallery! I like the way you explain why you did things the way you do, it gives the viewer an idea into how things in branch of science changes and how much is actually known about dinosaurs.

--
"The Arctic is no respecter of fashion, Vince."
Howard Moon

'Dear Jack,
LOOK BEHIND YOU.
Love :heart: Aku'
:iconsteveoc86:
Thanks for the Fav and Watch. Explaining things can be important. For exarmple most people don't put dermal spines on ceratopsians, I don't want poeple to think that it's just artistic licence. Whether I have illustrated them right however, I don't know until I see them.
:iconcommander-salamander:
True, true! I personally didn't realise that those plates existed until a short while ago, your illustration is the first I have seen with them. It's a little funny that some of the very old drawings and paintings ceratopsians have an artistic scalloped fin running down their backs, and now they are back again.

--
"The Arctic is no respecter of fashion, Vince."
Howard Moon

'Dear Jack,
LOOK BEHIND YOU.
Love :heart: Aku'

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